Peter Gagelmann and Inka Müller-Schmäh in charge of DFB Cup Final

Peter Gagelmann from Bremen has been appointed by DFB to be in charge of this year's edition of DFB Cup between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern München in Berlin's Olympiastadion on 12 May 2012.

The 43 year-old Bremen referee, who was never on the international FIFA list, will be accompanied by his regular assistant referees Matthias Anklam and Sascha Thielert, both from Buchholz i.d. Nordheide. Furthermore, Marco Fritz from Korb will function as Fourth Official.

Peter Gagelmann (c) DFB.de

Gagelmann joins the group of the most experienced German referees and has so far overseen 166 Bundesliga matches. In Bundesliga, he has already controlled the same match in 2011, however in Munich. Dortmund defeated the Bavarians by 1-0.

Inka Müller-Schmäh (c) ZIMBIO

Herbert Fandel stated that Gagelmann "finally deserved refereeing a cup final". The DFB refereeing head and UEFA Referee Committee Member added that "Gagelmann also showed excellent performances in difficult matches this season."

Gagelmann himself emphasized the tension in this specific tie and the atmosphere in Berlin, which is, according to him, "awesome". He must know it: in the last season, when Schalke 04 beat MSV Duisburg (5-0), he assisted Wolfgang Stark as Fourth Official.

Prior to the men's final, the women's final between 1.FFC Frankfurt and Bayern München (W) will be played in Köln's RheinEnergieStadion. 

Inka Müller-Schmäh has been nominated to oversee this match. The 36 year-old lawyer from Potsdam will be assisted by Mirka Derlin (Bad Schwartau) and Kathrin Heimann (Gladbeck), while internationally renowned Christine Baitinger (former Beck, Magstadt) will serve as Fourth Official.
Müller-Schmäh joins the same football club like Manuel Gräfe, Hertha 03 Zehlendorf.